August 09, 2007

Simple Pleasures of Lau Tarkari (bottlegourd)

We had lau or Bottlegourd several times during the summer months growing up. I've had it many ways, the simple sabzi that my mom made, sometimes ghonto, sometime in dal and sometimes with prawn (chingri). Somehow, I've never tried making it here before.

But I picked up a lau at a Indian store last week when the temperature here was in the upper nineties. And it was probably because I was thinking of my mom's theory that lau is good in the hot weather. The vegetable blends well with different spices and I decided to try it.

I made it simple, just the way my mom makes it and served with simple salad, homemade yogurt and rotis, it made a great dinner.

Hey Mandira,My kids love cat fish or any fish fried! This defintely looks like confort food!Hope u're all settled in Ann Arbor! Isnt that where KAnchana of Married ot a Desi lives? Sometimes i think that it would be lovely and fun to have a food bloggers meet!CheersLatha

Hi Mandira,Thanks for stopping by my blog:-)I have not tried making bottlegourd like this before. Will try your version the next time.I have so many recipes bookmarked that I think one lifetime is not gonna be enough time! ;-)

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